This assignment requires the student to write an argumentative essay related to specific social, ethical or political impacts of digitisation. Students select an essay topic related to the issues covered in class or agreed with the subject’s instructors. The student will need to identify, read and synthesise academic literature to establish a position on their selected topic.

Students first define a broad topic or area of interest and start by exploring the academic literature to see what researchers are writing about. Next, students identify a tightly focused subtopic and an interesting essay question. Topics must be substantially different from those completed for the Seminar Leadership and Current Issues assignments.

By 20th September 2018, at least give me the draft and abstract or short outline.

The essay should present an overarching claim responding to the chosen essay question. The argument should be developed by reading and synthesising carefully selected academic literature. Essays must be well referenced, to persuade the reader that the topic is well understood and the argument is well founded.

We generally expect to see a minimum of ten references from reputable (academic) sources for this assignment – but selecting, understanding and using literature properly is more important than the number of references.

The Abstract is optional. All work must be fully referenced (i.e. it must include in-text citations and a list of references). If included, an abstract should be no more than 100 words and does not contribute to the word count.

Since I chose Access & Privacy, the remaining topic are the following:
1. Wellbeing: Mental health and wellbeing; Cyberbullying; Online disinhibition; Technology and healthcare.
2. Government: Political discussion, participation and democracy online. Politics in digital media, news and news and information. eGovernment.
3. Automation: Ethical, moral and social issues associated with automation, robotics and artificial intelligence
4. Community: Online and offline communities, social ties and social networks, collaboration and coordination
5. Domesticity: Work-life balance, family & home life, domestic economy, moral economy of the household, moral panics.
6. Sustainability: Environmental implications of computing. E-waste. Repairability. ICT consumption of resources and energy. Technology supported ethical supply chains.
7. Property: Types of property, changes, copyright, licensing and ownership paradigms, the sharing economy.
8. Crime: Digital forensics, hacking and computer crime, computers and evidence collection.
9. Values: Ethical frameworks, moral judgments, professional responsibility, ICT professions and professional ethics.

Coming Home Is the Real Bottle

By Army Stress

The government emphasizes on how important our military is, but then they fail to help our disabled veterans and active duty soldiers obtain the proper treatment they need in order to have a happy life. The United States government needs to change policies and requirements to make it easier for troops and veterans to get the benefits they need to survive. We often tell our kids that our military is very important and that we should be grateful for what they do protect our country. What we do not tell our kids about are the dangerous situations and disabilities our soldiers encounter in and out of the battlegrounds. For example, many may have been through the valley of the death and have been injured in the act of duty; this would allow you to expect that the government would give them the proper treatment, but instead they toss them away like stray dogs. Instead, we should be protecting our troops and ensure that they get the proper treatment they need. However, the government in insanely strict on the requirements on getting disability benefits for our veterans. They are the reason we are safe today and we are putting them on the front lines, letting them see their brothers die in a warzone. We then expect them to be okay when they come home to their families and when they put their gun in their mouth and pull the trigger it is sad to say that sometimes the real battle is not fought over seas, sometimes it is coming home, and that is the hardest battle to win.

According to Thomas J. Reed from the Widener Law Journal, “The consensus of all the advocates and most members of congress was that the veterans’ disability compensation system was irretrievably broken” (61). The government is not doing its job of helping veterans properly. Congress knows that the system is broken, but they are failing to do something about it. These two systems have admitted that they need to be changed, but they continue to push the broken systems forward. Reed claims, “Injustice may be perpetrated in many ways: by active denial of one’s rights by evil administrators; by bureaucratic carelessness and laziness; or by refusal to modify a system that routinely causes injury to others because of its antiquated, paper driven adjudication system” (61-62). Reed explains the reason why our government is not changing the system is because they think it is too complicated and time consuming to change. This leads to outcomes of unfairness within health benefits for our nation’s veterans. This is caused by the carelessness and laziness that congress has when addressing issues. The government says they care so much about their troops, but are too lazy to take action upon a broken system. Reed discusses how these system work and explains what is wrong with them. Reed states, “this program requires disabled veterans who are about to be discharged for disability to submit to service medical evaluation boards, this system has its own occasions of injustice and traps for unaware and naïve about the process, can show the dangers and corruptions about the system. The troop may not know if they are getting the proper treatment as a result of being uneducated about the system the government uses for its disabled veterans program. The government needs to make changes to the disability program because the system is very complex and takes advantage of those who protect our country.

According t the study “Unclaimed Health Care Benefits: A Mixed-Method Analysis of Rural Veterans,” the majority of veterans living in the rural areas do not use V A healthcare benefits. This information was found by sending out a survey to veterans living in these areas. The article states, “Surveys were mailed to 4,176 households with a registered voter in a rural Midwestern country t reach the estimated 1,100 veterans, of whom 600 were not enrolled in VHA” (Wittrock et al. 35). This quote demonstrates a surprising number of veterans who are not enrolled in the VHA. The article states that the reason they were eligible” (Wittrock et al.35) this goes to show that the process of enrolling in the VHA can be confusing and unclear to those who need it most. This is creating a huge problem because people who are eligible think they are not. They then are not getting the proper treatment to ensure they are living a good life. This helps show that the government should and needs to make changes to their healthcare plans and how they give out their information.

The government needs to make terms that allow people te be able to understand and know what they are getting so that it is easier for people to receive their benefits. In order for this to be fixed, awareness needs to be brought to this situation. The government will not change this situation until the people of the country take a stand and fight for a change. The results of this article demonstrate that “…lack of awareness of VHA healthcare benefits may be the biggest barrier identified by rural veterans” (Wittrock et al. 35). This further shows that the people of the country need to take action or the government will continue to take advantage of our veterans by making these benefits not easy to access and making it difficult to understand the V A benefit health process. Also referring to this topic, the article states, “additionally, most reported they had never been told about VHA healthcare benefits” (Wittrock et al. 43). This is an issue because the government knew that most of its disabled veterans were eligible for benefits, but did not offer these benefits to them. The government thinks that if veterans do not come to them for help, they must not need it. This concept of ignoring what is needed for veterans could be considered morally wrong. Veterans may not know that they are disabled due to mental illness and may think that what they are experiencing is considered “normal.”

The article “Veterans Affairs Health System Enrolled and Health Care Utilization Affair the Affordable Care Act: Initial Insights,” shows how the government affordable health care act can benefit veterans. It discuses that this is currently the best health care that can be provided to an individual that is in need of treatment. Prior to this act, …an estimated 1 .5 million U.S. veterans did not have health insurance (including Veterans Affair [V A]) coverage in 2010” (Huo et al.469). This shows how many veterans had been uninsured and untreated before this act was created. The government had this act created for a reason. The article states, “…several aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) could help decrease the number of uninsured veterans” (Huo et al. 469). This act is going to be put in place to ensure that veterans are going to be taken care of. It will ensure that veterans are getting the proper treatment and needs in order to be brought back to a normal state of well-being. The act claims that, “From an out-of-pocket standpoint, the VA is the more economical of the two options and this could account for the recent uptick in that group’s enrollment” (Huo et al. 473). This can be found good for veterans because it is giving them a cheaper option so that if they qualify for VA benefits, they will not have to go to Medicaid to receive the same treatment for a more expensive price. The act also shows that “Each veteran enrolled in the VA health care system is assigned a priority group that ranges from 1 to 8 with 1 being the highest priority for enrollment” (Huo et al .470). this can also be found as a good system because the VA is prioritizing veterans who need the most help> the Affordable Care Act and Health Care Act will ensure that the people who need the most help will not be at the back of the list. This allow there not to be a long waiting list and help those who need urgent care faster. If there was not a prioritized system, it is likely that many people would not get the help they need when they need it most.

The requirements for receiving disability benefits from the United States government are unreasonable and unrealistic. When receiving benefits, hey often do not help this issues that some may have. Proper medical treatment and more important issues need to be addressed, focused, and prioritized. Even though the Affordable Care Act sounds pleasant on paper, it is not offering veterans the best, affordable treatment they need when wanting to live a healthy, fear-free life. The main goal of the government, when discussing veteran services, should be working on physical helping veterans or having a place to go for mental treatment for disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder.

Choose a nutrition study from someone research that is reliable. Example are journal of clinical nutrition or some other journal.

Write a 2 page summary of the article. Include the title, summary, whether, not you through it was accurate and why. Aslo include a why chose the article.

The main objective of the capstone project is to identify the impacts that cultural diversity in the workplace has on human resources management. With emerging trends such as globalization and global competitiveness, as well as innovations, the rise of advanced technologies and the expansion of the internet, the workforce has seen itself considerably evolve throughout the past decades. Part of these changes are represented by the workforce facing cultural diversity: it is crucial for companies to understand those changes in order to be able to adapt; thus meet their strategic obectives, deliver steady performance and strengthen their competitive advantage. This cultutal diversity can be a real challenge for companies which do not know how to approach it, but can also be very rewarding and should be seen as an asset. This capstone project will focus on how human resources management is affected by a culturally diverse workplace. The practical part of the capstone project will be composed of interviews of several companies and questionnaires to employees working in such environment. The combination of theoretical research and the practical application will allow this capstone project to provide a well-rounded framework for companies to develop and improve their human resources management to better adapt to and integrate cultural diversity among their workforce. The capstone project has a strong human resources focus, which is in line with the field of studies of Human Resources Management. Academic literature and sources will be analysed in the literature review section in order to build a strong foundation for the chosen capstone project topic. The core of the capstone project however will consist of interviews and data analysis. MRQ: How does cultural diversity in the workplace affect human resources management in the business environment? RQ 1: What are the benefits and drawbacks of a culturally diverse workplace? RQ 2: What are the core values that characterise efficient and effective human resources management? RQ 3: How can a company with a culturally diverse workplace best implement human resources policies to improve its productivity and its performance? The theoretical framework will consist of literature review and secondary research, using Hofstede’s model of cultural dimensions. The body of the capstone project will be an analysis – through interviews – of several companies’ environements and how cultural diversity affects their human resources management. Furthermore, questionnaires will be distributed to the employees to find out, which aspects of the human resources management of their company they would like to see improved regarding the management of cultural diversity in the worplace. Employees will be approached to create a clear picture of their expectations. Questions could include: “Does the cultural diversity in this company represent an asset or a drawback to you?”, “Do you think you benefit from this cultural diversity?”, “What are the inconvenients of such a culturally diverse workplace?”, “What would you see change and/or improve regarding the human resources management towards the cultural diversity of the workplace?”. Based on the findings and results of the research, a strategic plan will be developed. This strategic plan will focus on the human resources aspect in order to provide a well-rounded plan and to cover the criteria required by the capstone project guidelines.

Paul is a 12 year old male diabetic. He maintains his personal digital assistant (PDA), hand-held device, that interfaces with his glucometer and provides information based on inputted data from him and his parents. This information is transmitted to his MD/hospital, school nurse, case manager (CM), and to the parents’ home computer. All in an attempt to better control his diabetes. You are his CM.
The PDA sends an update to you since Paul’s blood glucose levels have been rising steadily for the last 5 days. The physician has left a message for you to contact this family and have them come in for an evaluation. You know that both of his parents work so you send an e-mail message to the parents’ via their home computer asking them to bring Paul in for an assessment. Since you are in a hurry and will be seeing other patients when they return from work, you decide to add more information to the message than normal reviewing with them the importance of maintaining control over the diabetes and expressing your concern since Paul has not checked in with you lately. You tell them that you think he might be over-doing it since he is trying to play football. You ask how they are doing and if they are still attending their counseling sessions.
Paul’s 4-year-old sister, Lilah, sends your email out to all of the diabetic lists that both Paul and his parents belong. They interact with people on these lists regularly.
The parents call everyone including you and are outraged that this information was sent everywhere….
Consider the following
1. How would you feel as the parents in this situation?
2. What is the problem? (Clearly state the problem)
3. What ethical principles would guide you in this case?
4. Name one alternative for solving this dilemma? (what could have the nurse done differently)
5. Are there any consequences to the alternative action you chose?

Cultural Different Connotation of Animal Images
Between Chinese and English idioms

Make a claim on an issue and support it with reliable and valid library sources. You will need to demonstrate that you can synthesize the information and points of view of different authors, subordinating their voices and arguments to your own and using them to support your unique thesis in a coherent, well-organized, rhetorically effective argument. Need to demonstrate that you understand and can use the conventions of academic research writing: attributing borrowed ideas and words; and quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Must use and cite at least 4 credible library sources.

It can be from any of the topics

Criminal Justice
• Should the judicial system be reevaluated or changed because of racially unfair
sentences?
• What changes should be implemented to prevent male-male prison rape?
• How has the proliferation of privately funded prisons changed the criminal justice
system in America?
• Should certain non-violent crimes be punishable by fines rather than jail time?
• Are state-mandated “three-strikes” policies unfair?
• Should children who commit certain crimes be treated as adults? If so, is there a
lower age limit to this policy?
• Are exile programs (where a criminal is sent to prison in a distant state) fair?
• What kinds of rights should criminals have?
• What conditions of incarceration are fair?
• Are certain kinds of capital punishment cruel and unusual?
• Should prison be punitive or rehabilitory in nature?
• Now that genetic/DNA evidence is admissable in court, should controversial closed
cases be re-opened?
• If someone has already been executed, should his or her case be re-opened under
certain circumstances? Should some kind of reparation be made to the families of the
wrongfully accused?
• Should there be a limit to the number of death row appeals that can be made?
• Is society’s obligation to simply remove a criminal from society, to actually punish
the criminal for crime, or a combination of both? Considering this, then what is the
nature of the death penalty in America today?
• Should the legal requirements for obtaining a search warrant be changed?
• If an officer finds something that he was not looking for (e.g., narcotics in an
automobile that was being searched for firearms), why should or shouldn’t the officer
have the right to take the accused into custody? Consider the issue of “reasonable
suspicion” in your discussion.
• Why are lawyers stereotyped as sharks? Is this a fair representation, and if not, why
is it so prevalent?
• Many consider today’s justice system to be too slow. What improvements could be
made to expedite the system without sacrificing due process?
• Many states have harsher penalties than others for drunk driving. Consider the
policies of a particular state and argue for a change in the penalties.
• Define “terrorist.” Under what circumstances, if any, is “terrorism” acceptable?
• Should terrorists be tried in a military or civil court?
• If being tried in our court system, should the citizens of other countries have the
same rights as citizens of the United States?
• Argue for or against an amendment to the statute of limitations for a particular
crime.

Climate Change Reality

Many studies are being carried out about the climate change issue in the current world as it has significant effects on the world both to wildlife and human activities. These effects are prevalent until they have gained concern to whether they are caused by human made forces or if they come about from natural causes. The following essay is based on the argument that human made activities mainly cause climate change.

Major evidence of climate change is the existence of droughts in areas, which used to receive rainfall. This shows that deforestation level has increased and thus making it difficult for such areas to receive rainfall. Moreover, deforestation makes it difficult for soil to support the growth of vegetation and thus forestation fails to take place, which is evidence that climate has changed (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2015). Therefore, climate change is caused by human activities because humans are the ones who cut down the forests.

Besides, global warming is a major effect of climate change, which causes emission of gases such as carbon monoxide. These gases result in depletion of the ozone layer, which works to reduce the amount of radiation from the sun that reaches the earth’s surface. These gases that are emitted are as a result of human activities about the rising use of greenhouses. Greenhouse came from the advanced technology of planting, and therefore with the increased level of technology, these gases are released to the environment which causes an increased level of global warming and in turn climate change (Schuur, et al., 2015). Moreover, the burning of fossil fuels also emits gases to the atmosphere which raise the level at which global warming takes place and thus climate change.

However, on the other hand, the earth was created in a way that it can balance all these adverse impacts mentioned above which makes it possible that mnatural causes cause climate change. A good example is the increased sea levels as result of the melting ice caps which result from global warming which occurs when there is a reduction in the ability of the earth to reflect back and thus hot climate. Moreover, scientific data has not made any conclusions as most of them are assumptions and therefore some people argue that due to the lack of enough evidence climate changes are simply natural cycles (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2015). They add that climate change is just a way of the earth to balance climate.

Despite the lack of enough evidence to prove the strength of manmade activities to cause climate change, it is a fact that human causes of climate change outweigh natural causes. This shows that human beings should control the activities mentioned above to avoid making the earth an unbearable place due to climate change (Schuur, et al., 2015). A combination of all natural causes of climate change are not enough to cause any effect on the standard living conditions of the earth, and thus they cannot cause an adverse change in the climate.

Research shows that human activities are the primary triggers to changes in climate. This is because most manmade activities play a role in the change of the environment which is the primary cause of climate change. Moreover, this can also be proved using remedies because when activities such as planting forests are practiced, rainfall is experienced in such areas. Therefore, one of the essential solutions to curbing the adverse effects of climate change is educating people on the significance of reducing such activities. Moreover, the public should be educated on other alternatives that do not affect the environment and thus avoid manmade activities which cause climate change. This will ensure that any notable climate change that occurs is as a result of natural occurrences.

References

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (2015). Climate change 2014: mitigation of climate change (Vol. 3). Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.

Schuur, E. A. G., McGuire, A. D., Schädel, C., Grosse, G., Harden, J. W., Hayes, D. J., … & Natali, S. M. (2015). Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback. Nature, 520(7546), 171-179.

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The practice of animal testing is a debatable subject, which raises questions about whether it is wrong or right to use animals for experiments. Animal testing is a term used for the process of subjecting an animal to clinical trials before examining human trials. The process involves experimenting to determine the efficiency of a particular drug or the efficacy of a certain product. According to Doke and Dhawale (2015), 26 million animals are used for experiments annually in the United States. New medical treatments and products are tested on animals first to verify their level of toxicity and their safety before being tested on humans.

In the biomedical industry, animal testing can be traced back to the Aristotle period during the time of Greek scientists who used medical experiments on live animals. Various scientists worked to improve the medical field by using specific animals such as rats or monkeys to develop a clearer understanding of the pathology and pharmacology effects of drugs. The drugs can only be tested on humans after it has successfully been tested on an animal.

During the nineteenth century, Arab physicians commonly known as Zuhr Ibn carried out numerous experiments to assess the successful surgical procedures in humans.  Since the Arabs showed positive results, using animal testing has always been seen as the most efficient way to develop new commercial products and drugs in the medical field (Doke & Dhawale, 2015). However, policymakers are not convinced about animal testing as they believe using animals for experiments causes more harm to animals despite helping scientists.

Moreover, animal welfare groups are against animal testing, and they term it as an inhumane activity which should be prohibited. Despite these arguments and opposes, animal testing is still practiced up to date in many countries to test the effectiveness and danger of a particular drug or product. Animal testing is used in different fields which are in biomedical research and education courses. Animal testing is condemned by many groups who advocate for alternative testing methods other than animal testing.  Various animal welfare organizations have increased their awareness level of using alternative methods for testing other than using innocent animals. These organizations argue that animal testing does not produce reliable results in relation to the human application and therefore there is no need for animal testing for new products and drugs.

However, animal testing is necessary for medical purposes. Animal testing usually begins with a trial using rats, and if the results are successful, further tests are conducted on monkeys before using the product on human beings. When it comes to testing, these steps are necessary as they reduce the level of errors and the negative effects of the product can be traced at an early stage. Many scientists argue that animal testing has saved many lives as only drugs that were successful were used for human consumption Theses scientists add that the alternatives procedures might not provide accurate results like how animal testing provides and thus they may end up killing lives because dangerous drugs may be used on humans and therefore cause adverse impacts.

Medical experts argue that animals are not intentionally harmed but are well taken care of and treated with respected. Various rules and regulation have been pronounced that limit the misuse and mistreat of animals during animal testing. Despite the regulations, animal welfare organizations still argue that it is unnecessary to perform animal testing as it is a cruel and inhumane practice. Animal testing is a promising practice which helps the medical field to introduce only effective drugs and products to the industry. Therefore animal testing should be embraced in the world and scientist should work with animal welfare organizations to introduce advanced regulations that favor animal testing and ensures animals are treated fairly.

References

Bohner, G., & Wanke, M. (2014). Attitudes and attitude change. London: Psychology Press.

Doke, S. K., & Dhawale, S. C. (2015). Alternatives to animal testing: A review. Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 23(3), 223-229.

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